stock listing back in May, the Pleasanton, California- based company opened New York Stock Exchange trading at $48.05. Earlier in the week, Workday raised its price range to $24 to $26 per share from $21 to $24 per share. The IPO values the company, founded by ex-PeopleSoft executives David Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, at almost $4.5 billion.

SAN FRANCISCO-- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison envisions his recently acquired Hawaiian island becoming a "little laboratory" for experimenting with more environmentally sound ways to live. Ellison's ambitions include converting sea water into fresh water on the 141- square-mile island of Lanai.

What does Larry Ellison do with all those mansions — and what's he going to do with that $500,000 Hawaiian island? And why does he need a $4 billion line of credit? The Oracle CEO spoke about his curious spending habits in an exclusive interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2- Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison expects strong take-up for its Internet-based "Fusion" software, a product suite crucial to its efforts to catch up with rivals like Salesforce.com Inc in the fast-growing market.

*Oracle unveils new cloud products at user conference. BOSTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2- Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison said he intends to drive growth at the world's No. 3 software maker by promoting its current suite of cloud computing products and not through an acquisition.

BOSTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2- Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison said the company will focus on driving organic growth through a new suite of cloud computing software versus pursuing major acquisitions for now, though he would not rule out a big deal "down the road."

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, speaks to CNBC's Maria Bartiromo about his company's plans for the Cloud, and where the computer industry is headed. "We completed a 7-year rewrite of all of our applications for the Cloud," he says.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up between 0.2 and 0.3 percent. CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer said the Internet company has "real value because it has some really terrific assets", and new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is committed to unlocking its value.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up between 0.2 and 0.3 percent. CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer said the Internet company has "real value because it has some really terrific assets", and new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is committed to unlocking its value.

Oracle's first-quarter earnings report showed that companies will spend on technology if it can help them cut costs and improve performance, Mark Hurd, president of the software giant, told CNBC’s "Closing Bell."